Many people evacuated the Bahamas as Hurricane Dorian pummeled the area with winds that reached up to 150 mph, but one island remained full of Disney workers. The Castaway Cay island is where the Disney Dream cruise ship stops during its voyages. Because of the storm, however, the most recent voyage turned around and is returning to Port Canaveral. As the guests and crews onboard the Disney Dream prepared to reach Florida, several crew members on Castaway Cay still on the island. When the word started to spread that the employees were left on the island, many people became concerned. Disney said the employees are in a storm shelter on the island that has restrooms, power, food and water. The company said they are keeping in contact with the workers to ensure they are not harmed. “Castaway Cay remains south of the more significant weather and is currently experiencing tropical storm force winds, which based on the current forecast, are expected for the next several hours before gradually diminishing,” Disney officials said. Damage was reported in Elbow Cay, Man-o-War and Marsh Harbour in the Abaco Islands, where buildings were destroyed and many were partially submerged, with water flooding all around them.Dorian made landfall there as a Category 5 hurricane just after noon Sunday.The northwestern Bahamas will be drenched in up to 24 inches of rain, with some areas expecting up to 30 inches of water, the hurricane center said.As the storm spun over Grand Bahama Island, the hurricane center said "catastrophic storm surge flooding" was likely."This is a life-threatening situation," the center said. "Residents on Grand Bahama Island should not leave their shelter when the eye passes over, as winds will rapidly increase on the other side of the eye. Residents in the Abacos should continue to stay in their shelter until conditions subside later today."CNN contributed to this article

Many people evacuated the Bahamas as Hurricane Dorian pummeled the area with winds that reached up to 150 mph, but one island remained full of Disney workers.

The Castaway Cay island is where the Disney Dream cruise ship stops during its voyages. Because of the storm, however, the most recent voyage turned around and is returning to Port Canaveral.

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As the guests and crews onboard the Disney Dream prepared to reach Florida, several crew members on Castaway Cay still on the island.

When the word started to spread that the employees were left on the island, many people became concerned.

Disney said the employees are in a storm shelter on the island that has restrooms, power, food and water. The company said they are keeping in contact with the workers to ensure they are not harmed.

“Castaway Cay remains south of the more significant weather and is currently experiencing tropical storm force winds, which based on the current forecast, are expected for the next several hours before gradually diminishing,” Disney officials said.

Damage was reported in Elbow Cay, Man-o-War and Marsh Harbour in the Abaco Islands, where buildings were destroyed and many were partially submerged, with water flooding all around them.

Dorian made landfall there as a Category 5 hurricane just after noon Sunday.

The northwestern Bahamas will be drenched in up to 24 inches of rain, with some areas expecting up to 30 inches of water, the hurricane center said.

As the storm spun over Grand Bahama Island, the hurricane center said "catastrophic storm surge flooding" was likely.

"This is a life-threatening situation," the center said. "Residents on Grand Bahama Island should not leave their shelter when the eye passes over, as winds will rapidly increase on the other side of the eye. Residents in the Abacos should continue to stay in their shelter until conditions subside later today."